ISSN 2314-9671
No. 9/2015
MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS CONTENTS
First sales in Europe: Belgium: Ray and turbot Portugal: Horse mackerel and sole EU trade in the first semester of 2015 Global Supply Consumption: Seabass and seabream Macroeconomic context
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In this issue Most of the reporting countries (except Greece and Latvia) registered increases in first-sales value in January–August 2015. In Belgium, the increase in ray, monk, and plaice first-sales prices caused an overall increase in value (+7%) during the first eight months of 2015. Portugal registered higher prices for octopus and sardine, while volume decreased. Horse mackerel and mackerel showed an opposite trend, with a high volume landed and slightly lower prices. Icelandic catches were lower in September 2015 than in the same period last year as a result of decreases in herring and blue whiting catches (−34% and −71%, respectively). Catches of demersal species showed an opposite trend: higher volume of cod (+12%) and haddock (+34%) were caught. In the first six months of 2015 and despite the Russian trade ban, EU exports to third countries increased 6% over last year reaching EUR 2,15 billion. Imports from third countries amounted to EUR 10,7 billion which represents a EUR 790 million increase compared to the same period in 2014 and an 11% increase in average import prices. The EU trade deficit reached its highest level at EUR 8,55 billion, 8% higher than the same period a year earlier, and 40% higher than 5 years ago. Retail prices for wild and farmed fresh seabass fluctuate, especially for the wild fish, in France, Greece, and Italy. Significant differences between prices for wild and farmed seabass are also observed. Since September 2013, food prices remained stable, while fish prices increased 2,7%.
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